Crime & Public Safety

Report: Big panties did little to disguise alleged burglar

By Fran Jeffries
Aug 14, 2014

Call him the ‘granny-panty’ bandit.

A 33-year-old Rome man got busted recently for allegedly stealing money from a fast food restaurant back in June, according to a report on the Rome-News Tribune website.

His disguise may have been is undoing.

With white panties on his head and socks on his hands, Andrew Quinton Self entered a Long John Silver restaurant around 3 a.m. on June 6, according to RN-T.com.

But he might as well have been wearing a thong — the big leg holes in his panties did little to disguise his identify, police told the website.

Self, who was friends with the store manager, allegedly removed hundreds of dollars from a safe. He was later caught, and we was charged with two felony counts of burglary in the first degree, according to police.

About the Author

Fran Jeffries is a Newsletter Producer. She joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2005 as an Education Editor. She worked as a Breaking News Editor and Social Media Producer before joining the Newsletter team.

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